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Bhagavad Gita 10.38

दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्।मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्॥

daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām |maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham ||

Of those who punish, I am the scepter; among those who seek victory, I am statesmanship; and among secrets, I am silence; I am knowledge among knowers.

Translation by Swami Sivananda · Public domain in India (translator d. 1963)

I am the scepter of rulers, the strategy of conquerors, the silence of mystery, and the wisdom of the wise.

Translation by Shri Purohit Swami · Public domain in India (translator d. 1941)

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.

Edition: Common 700-verse recension. Arjuna's opening question in chapter 13, absent from that recension, is kept as 13.0.

Transliteration in IAST, generated from the Devanagari text.

Source: Sanskrit text via gita/gita (Unlicense), from the Gita Supersite, IIT Kanpur. Sanskrit text public domain.

Bhagavad Gita 10.38 · SatsangVidya